IRVING WASHINGTON Autograph Manuscript unsigned with several

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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000

FRAGMENT FROM "CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS" IRVING, WASHINGTON. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, with several holograph corrections, fragment in 23 lines from the draft of Book XVI, Chapter III, of his The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, numbered page 465, likely removed from the 1895 Manuscript Edition of his collected works. 1 page, 8vo; mounted at corners to a larger sheet, minor loss at upper right corner. Np, circa 1829

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"Many of the Indians were alarmed at the solemnity of this prediction . . . ."
Provenance: From the Steve Forbes Collection.